Hi Adrianna,
The best thing to do is to work down the grading rubric I sent back to you to make sure you understand why I deducted points.
Consequently, to work ahead, review the helping guides I make that are the grading rubrics and templates, and posts in the Main. Ask whatever questions you have about them a head of time and as earliest in the week as possible.
Overall, I sometimes find that once people begin taking those citations seriously, they begin integrating industry professionals work in as the results of studies and this greatly increases the depth of research, necessary content and focus in the paper.
What I noticed in your paper, and is a common issue in education today. is that what was needed was to have defined your terms. These definitions should come from your text, be cited just like we did in the Week 2 Checkpoint.
There is a learning phenomenon known as the 'misunderstood word.' Much work has shown that when there is little time invested in considering and working through the significance of a new term within the context of the industry in which it is to be used, there will indeed be a greater mental engagement that brings together that term and the concept being learned.
Had you seen that I had encouraged everyone to make use of the template I had made for the assignment? I have attached it here. Can you see that had you taken advantage of the template that it might have forced greater focus on each of the steps. I have a template for each paper and I hope you take advantage of them on future assignments.
Ideally, I would have seen all four steps as subtitles in the paper with a paragraph beneath each that defined the step and provided studies for and against.
If we begin with the introduction. Did you know that professional writers write their introductory paragraphs last?
The logic is...how can you introduce someone you do not know, or tell someone about a movie you have not seen?
Here is your introductory paragraph: Did you read How to Develop an Introduction that was posted in the Course Materials Forum? I have attached it here this post.
After reading the post on How to Develop an Introduction, try to mark in your paragraph here, the what? the so what? the how do you know what you know? and the what next? or could be call to action.
Thursday, December 17, 2009
Sunday, December 6, 2009
Wikipedia Answers etc
Also. be mindful of not using non academic sources such as Wikipedia. These types of secondary sources often result in biased information as the information can be changed by anyone at any time. There is actually a policy at Phoenix/ Axia not to use these sources and some instructors will automatically half the number of points possible if they see it.
If you cannot break the habit of going to use such sources, back track on their sites as to the original source, or ask whomever your facilitator is for a source suggestion.
If you cannot break the habit of going to use such sources, back track on their sites as to the original source, or ask whomever your facilitator is for a source suggestion.
Fancy front pages
Just a favor to ask of you. I understand that putting a beautiful cover on the front page of a document is seemingly a nice gesture, however, such creativity can result in an uncessesary extra scroll and the taking of additional memory. Lastly, in at least corporate America, such might be considered a deviation from the norm, and if you have ever spoken to hiring managers, they are looking for any opportunity to exclude you from the hiring pool as possible including fancy unasked for covers that may very well end up in the circular file.
Over Maximum word count
If we go over the count is there a penalty?
No. Although. TS Eliot once said, 'had I more time to write, I would have written less.' At any rate, it is so seldom that I see people going over in their word count so extensively that I have always just dismissed it and will not deduct points.
Can you explain what your scoring is for over the word count?
Once, someone wrote a 10 page paper when they were to write a 4 page paper at the most and so what I did was to send it back to them and tell them to cut it down before I would agree to read it. I did not deduct any points.
There will be plenty of other items in the course to be concerned with other than going over the word count. Do try to stay at about the desired count and know that I will not deduct for overage, however, for your own professionalism and or career - strive for economy and encapsulation of issues when appropriate, always supporting work with citations and references.
Is this okay? Do you have a history of going over the maximum word count? How have your other instructors handled this in the past?
No. Although. TS Eliot once said, 'had I more time to write, I would have written less.' At any rate, it is so seldom that I see people going over in their word count so extensively that I have always just dismissed it and will not deduct points.
Can you explain what your scoring is for over the word count?
Once, someone wrote a 10 page paper when they were to write a 4 page paper at the most and so what I did was to send it back to them and tell them to cut it down before I would agree to read it. I did not deduct any points.
There will be plenty of other items in the course to be concerned with other than going over the word count. Do try to stay at about the desired count and know that I will not deduct for overage, however, for your own professionalism and or career - strive for economy and encapsulation of issues when appropriate, always supporting work with citations and references.
Is this okay? Do you have a history of going over the maximum word count? How have your other instructors handled this in the past?
Friday, December 4, 2009
Holiday breaks vacation announcement
Hello Everyone,
Just posting my understanding of the up coming holidays. Let me know if you have any particular special needs around this can be hectic time.
No assignments due on Thanksgiving.
The winter break dates are below:
Classes that start prior to 12/21/09
Two-week break begins
Classes resume
UOPX Online Campus
12/22/09
1/5/10
School for Advanced Studies
12/22/09
1/5/10
Axia College
12/21/09
1/4/10
NOTE: There will be some UOPX Online Campus courses with a start date of 12/29/09 and Axia courses with a start date of 12/28/09. Those courses will not take a break.
Hi Charlene,
You are correct. When you return, it will have been as if no time had transpired. The 4th of January falls on a Monday which is our Day One. You can participate that day and then for Tuesday, turn in your DQ and ideally another participation, and so forth just as though we had never been on vacation.
Just posting my understanding of the up coming holidays. Let me know if you have any particular special needs around this can be hectic time.
No assignments due on Thanksgiving.
The winter break dates are below:
Classes that start prior to 12/21/09
Two-week break begins
Classes resume
UOPX Online Campus
12/22/09
1/5/10
School for Advanced Studies
12/22/09
1/5/10
Axia College
12/21/09
1/4/10
NOTE: There will be some UOPX Online Campus courses with a start date of 12/29/09 and Axia courses with a start date of 12/28/09. Those courses will not take a break.
Hi Charlene,
You are correct. When you return, it will have been as if no time had transpired. The 4th of January falls on a Monday which is our Day One. You can participate that day and then for Tuesday, turn in your DQ and ideally another participation, and so forth just as though we had never been on vacation.
Death by PowerPoint
Ideally PowerPoint Slides Graphics should be as symbolic and appealing as possible.
You can see on the grading rubric that I ask for one picture per slide with bulleted text that summarizes the speaker's notes.
Death by Power Point is a term being used by Power Point professionals for presentations that do not fully make use of imagery.
To appreciate this more fully, you can go to this link http://www.brainrules.net/film to watch a tutorial as to why it is so important.
When you get to the page the link above brings you to, you are looking for Brain Rule #10. You will notice your choice of rules floats, so either be patient while you re set the site, or be prepared to watch a few more of the short tutorials while you wait for the opportunity to select Rule #10.
Your next PowerPoint will be weighted much more heavily on having images on the slides so if you did not do this on your Week 4 presentation, be vigilant in making better efforts in the future.
You can see on the grading rubric that I ask for one picture per slide with bulleted text that summarizes the speaker's notes.
Death by Power Point is a term being used by Power Point professionals for presentations that do not fully make use of imagery.
To appreciate this more fully, you can go to this link http://www.brainrules.net/film to watch a tutorial as to why it is so important.
When you get to the page the link above brings you to, you are looking for Brain Rule #10. You will notice your choice of rules floats, so either be patient while you re set the site, or be prepared to watch a few more of the short tutorials while you wait for the opportunity to select Rule #10.
Your next PowerPoint will be weighted much more heavily on having images on the slides so if you did not do this on your Week 4 presentation, be vigilant in making better efforts in the future.
Tuesday, December 1, 2009
Time Anal
Hi Jeffrey,
To be honest, I am not that hard nosed about deadlines down to the minute for the DQs, nor any work in my class. I certainly do not possess the style of instruction in which I would mark something late because it was a few minutes late.
My focus is on getting you to engage in the big picture of how important Environmental Science is to in fact your daughter's and her daughter's generations, and onto yet at least the 7th Generation.
Science deserves to be learned under not so much fire. Relax into the subject. Content and quality of work impress me far more than whether you got something in exactly on time down to the minute.
Surely you don't plan on turning in things entire days late, that is when the late policy applies; and bear in mind, on checkpoints, this is only 3 points and on assignments, 10 points. Just keep these things in perspective and know that the final bears the greatest weight - 300 points.
To be honest, I am not that hard nosed about deadlines down to the minute for the DQs, nor any work in my class. I certainly do not possess the style of instruction in which I would mark something late because it was a few minutes late.
My focus is on getting you to engage in the big picture of how important Environmental Science is to in fact your daughter's and her daughter's generations, and onto yet at least the 7th Generation.
Science deserves to be learned under not so much fire. Relax into the subject. Content and quality of work impress me far more than whether you got something in exactly on time down to the minute.
Surely you don't plan on turning in things entire days late, that is when the late policy applies; and bear in mind, on checkpoints, this is only 3 points and on assignments, 10 points. Just keep these things in perspective and know that the final bears the greatest weight - 300 points.
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